Globalization speakers: Teaching in the Mobile Village Zack Stiegler Ph.D. & Nick Artman
One of Marshall
McLuhan's most enduring concepts is that of "the global village.” In a
broader scope, the global village concept provided a foundation for, and is
perhaps the most exemplary illustration of McLuhan's (1962) larger theoretical
contribution to the field; namely, that technology has its most profound
consequences on our "vortices and matrices of thought and action" (p.
30). In short, media technologies have profound effects on social behavior,
organization, and relation. The central question of the presentation is how the
introduction of mobile technology has influenced the learning environment. More
to the point, what are the ramifications of the global village's transformation
into the mobile village? In addressing this question, we examine four key ways
in which the mobile village has impacted the classroom: the obliteration of
space, challenges to existing social norms, and the creation of a digital info
glut.